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George Bernard Shaw said: “‘Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
“Although medical science most often advances incrementally on the basis of an ever-accumulating body of evidence, occasionally leaps forward are made. And quite often these leaps fly in the face of conventional wisdom. Today's standard of care was yesterday's experimental treatment, and before that, in many cases, it was one man or woman's visionary idea.”
“The history of medicine includes many examples of ideas that were initially ridiculed or rejected by the medical establishment but that later became widely adopted, one such example is Balloon Angioplasty - Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is one of the most common procedures performed during US hospital stays. According to a report published last year by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, PTCA accounted for 3.6% of all operating room procedures performed in 2011, ranked behind only caesarean section, circumcision, and knee arthroplasty. It is interesting to note, then, that in 1976, when German cardiologist Andreas Roland Grüntzig first presented the idea as a poster at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association, world-renowned catheterization specialist Dr Spencer King said, "It'll never work."
Grüntzig, who had spent years developing the concept and initial device in his kitchen, was undeterred. Croatian cardiac surgeon Marco Turina, MD, is noted to have said that Grüntzig "had the 'sacred fire,' as the French call it. It was what he thought about constantly. I have never seen somebody so cantered on a single idea like Andreas was. Never in my life. Everyone was telling him his idea would never work, and had been tried before, and that he was going to fail, that there were pitfalls at every turn. But the idea was consuming him all the time."
Grüntzig returned to the American Heart Association 1 year later in 1977 and presented his first four cases of angioplasties in humans from the podium. When he finished, the audience of his colleagues rose as one and gave him a standing ovation. “
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6 年Hi Corné, Well done to Grüntzig and thank you for sharing this article. No so much about the detail of his work, which is fascinating in itself, but in the unyielding application of himself to his mission. Fire in his belly is very apt. While I have no experience in medicine, these sorts of breakthroughs are fascinating for any curious mind. I am sitting with a fire in my belly too. Perhaps you know of someone to steer me towards? Why not use this progress that Shaw spoke of... #GoGivr is a platform to connect volunteers and charities. There are 3 fantastic applications where it will change the landscape for us mortal beings, charities and corporates/institutions. 1. Rewards program, like Vitality/Multiply. Invest in mental health by volunteering. 2. Corporate program. Help track staff volunteerism. Benefiting charities, giving good corporate governance reporting and making staff happier. 3. High school volunteer program. A requirement for scholars. This makes it easy for 16+ year olds to find suitable, safe and authentic charities to give help, with a report of activity. If you can spread the good word, I would appreciate it! Regards